Hazardous substances

Personal Injury from hazardous substances

A hazardous substance is one that can harm people, organisms, property, or the environment. Someone may be negatively exposed to these in the manufacturing industry when working with chemicals or gases.

How personal injuries may happen from hazardous substances

Personal injury through exposure to hazardous substances can occur in many ways – breathing in, skin contact / contamination, swallowing, contact with the eyes,  or skin puncture.

Hazardous substances, once exposed to the human body in one of these ways, can also affect seemingly unrelated systems. For example a substance may enter the blood stream through an exposed cut or sore. From there it could migrate and damage virtually any other part of the human system. Stomach pains for example could not be as unrelated as you may initially think.

Hazardous substances next steps

If you would like to investigate whether you have a personal injury compensation claim through exposure to hazardous substances then please call 0800 035 15 65 or go to our > Contact Us page for further information.